Fisheries Museum on Hjertøya

The Fisheries Museum

Opening hours 2026: Information will come as soon as the boat schedule is ready.

Visitors arriving by private/other boats:

Tickets for the museum can be purchased on site when open.

Adult: NOK 180,-
Seniors/students: NOK 145,-
Children 0-11 years: free (must be accompanied by an adult person)
Youths 12-18 years: NOK 75,-

Guided tours and museum visits apart from the standard opening hours:

Can be arranged for groups of Minimum 10 persons. Send a request to  post@romsdalsmuseet.no or call +47 71 20 24 60 (Head office).

Hjertøya and the Fisheries Museum

The idyllic island of Hjertøya is a great recreational area where you can fish, go on a picnic, walk along guided paths or swim in the sea.

At the Fisheries Museum you can get an insight into local coastal culture

The museum is made as a small fishing village with houses, fishermen's shacks, cod-liver oil factory, engineering workshop and a large collection of boats. It portrays local coastal culture, working life and living conditions from around 1850. Free exhibition of the multi artist Kurt Schwitters and "Die große Merz" pillar on the Hjertøy square. Nature path through the landscape of the island.

The guided tour gives you a great impression of the life and work on the Romsdal coast.